Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Former President Bill Clinton who signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law which bars federal recognition of same-sex couples has come out in favor of marriage equality. He has been considering and "evolving" on the issue for some time.

"After speaking at the Campus Progress National Conference in Washington, DC, on July 8, the former president was asked if he supported same-sex marriage. Clinton, in a departure from past statements, replied in the affirmative.

Asked if he personally supported same-sex marriage, Clinton replied, "Yeah." "I personally support people doing what they want to do," Clinton said. "I think it's wrong for someone to stop someone else from doing that [same-sex marriage]" (The Nation).

This statement is a major kick to the already unstable legislation. Growing numbers of democrats and even republicans are coming out in support of repealing DOMA.

6 comments:

But don't expect him to lose any sleep over the injustice done on his watch. "Evolving on the issue" only involves his PR campaign. If he keeps this up though, I may eventually be forced to vote "YES" on his marriage. We do get to vote on that, right?

Now, if we could just get all religion out of all state affairs, instead of trying to meld the two, like HRC and EQCA are doing their damnedest -- poking holes in the bottom of this barely floating boat.

I'm thrilled that he has done this - whatever people might say about him, it still holds true that he has power and people do listen to him and admire him. He's still got some pull - which makes this a very broad and bold move.

My hope is that this has a ricochet effect - and that others fall in line with President Clinton.